Research on the relationship between personality traits and cancer risk indicates that:
a. having a Type A personality is a significant risk factor in the development of cancer.
b. having a pessimistic approach to life increases a person's chances of developing cancer.
c. people with an external locus of control develop cancer at higher rates than people with an internal locus of control.
d. there is no link between personality and how prone a person is to develop cancer.
D
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Rueben is a clinical psychologist. While he is at work, Rueben probably spends time:
a. using scientific principles to solve practical, everyday problems b. delivering human services such as psychotherapy or counseling c. prescribing medications to patients to treat mental illness d. working with students in primary and secondary schools
________ refers to a complex capacity that enables you to manipulate information retrieved from long-term memory and interpret it appropriately for a given task
a. Tacit knowledge b. Working memory c. Metacognition d. Emotional intelligence
Which of the following is common among those with antisocial personality disorder??
a. ?a “spoiled” childhood in which no demands or expectations were given b. ?a conflict-filled childhood c. ?high central nervous system arousal levels d. ?lack of any biological basis for the disorder
One of the key factors of Sperling's experiment was that
a. participants knew which row of the matrix to recall before the material was presented. b. participants knew which row of the matrix to recall only after the material was presented. c. the tone was presented simultaneously with the material to be recalled. d. some participants were allowed to view the material to be recalled longer than the other participants. e. some participants were asked to recall letters following a high-pitched tone and some following a low-pitched tone.